Category: Blog

My baby has umbilical hernia, does he need surgery?

May 2023

I want to tell you about a situation that we encounter very often in the journal of a pediatric surgeon: umbilical hernia. We come across such strange situations... Tearful mothers who think they will lose their babies because of the swelling in the umbilical area, those who insist on attaching a metal coin to the umbilical hernia, and those who bring their very young babies for urgent umbilical hernia surgery... I wanted to briefly explain this...

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Umbilical cord infection in newborn baby...

March 2023

In the previous journey, I gave you information about how the umbilical cord is formed, how to care for the newborn umbilical cord, and the treatment of umbilical granuloma.  In this course, I will tell you about the umbilical infection that can be seen in newborn babies.   Immediately after birth, the navel begins to be invaded by thousands of microorganisms.  And as a matter of fact, the umbilical cord residue, which has begun to lose its...

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Newborn's umbilical cord...

February 2023

The baby is born.  Many people are used to small children, babies.  But in the first days, that wet, white-blue-colored extension hanging from the navel, the umbilical cord, can cause a lot of anxiety.  I will tell you about the umbilical cord of a newborn baby through the glasses of a pediatric surgeon. Earlier, I explained that a flat, 3-layered structure is formed in the first embryonic period.  This flat, disc-shaped structure begins to...

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Why are my “comments” closed?

December 2022

In fact, comments are very important when you start a youtube channel.  Even if you comment a dot, the system perceives it as an interaction and ensures that the video you shoot will appear sooner.  This naturally increases the recognition of your channel, the number of viewers and your subscribers.  So why are my comments closed?   I wanted to have a little chat in this pediatric surgeon's journal.       It was the time of the...

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Cat Scratch Disease...

December 2022

We understand more and more the importance of keeping pets in society.  It has now been proven that petting animal lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels, reduce feelings of loneliness, and increase activities such as exercise and socialization.  But besides this, we need to be aware of some inconveniences and act by knowing and fulfilling the responsibilities brought by petting animals.  At your request, as I promised last episode, I...

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Cat and Dog Bites...

November 2022

“The greatness and moral development of a nation is judged by the way it treats animals,” says Gandhi.  There are so many neglected, thrown out dogs or cats around.  And these animals are so unprotected, helpless and miserable that... Unfortunately, they can harm people unintentionally. In the pediatric surgeon's journal, I'll tell you about cat and dog bites, what to do and how to avoid them.  But first, in our country, which is far...

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Hypospadias

October 2022

Hypospadias Normally, when boys are born, the hole where the urine comes out is expected to be at the tip of the penis. But sometimes in life, everything may not be as expected and this hole may be located lower than it should be, in the body of the penis, sometimes even lower in the root of the penis, or even lower, close to the anus. When this hole, which should be at the tip of the penis, is lower, we call it the "prophet's sunnah" among the...

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There is a cyst on my child's eyebrow...

October 2022

After taking a short break, let's continue to explain the surgical problems we frequently encounter in children.  The fact that the topics I explained in the Pediatric Surgeon's Journal reach people, enlighten them, and the positive feedbacks make me very happy. Today, I will tell you about a pathology that I encounter very often.  In fact, it is a painless, usually 1-3 cm in size, rubbery cystic structure under the skin, which is present...

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Answers to the frequently asked questions about circumcision.

September 2022

Actually, I wasn't going to write a journal in the summer, but I couldn't be indifferent to so many questions about circumcision. I will try to answer your questions by writing a short, candid information about circumcision in the Paediatric Surgeon's Journal. You can find more detailed information in the journals I write before, and more in my book "The Story of Male Circumcision". Enjoy reading. I organize the content of this journal in the form...

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My child's urine is running up the kidneys. How can we treat this? Does it get better?

July 2022

In our last journal, I told you what vesicoureteral reflux, or VUR, or urine reflux is, and how we diagnose it.  Today, in the Pediatric Surgeon's Journal, I wrote about how we treat this disease, why does it happen and possible consequences. Let me start with the good news first.  If we are talking about primary urinary reflux and if the cause of the reflux is not due to the increase in pressure in the bladder caused by reasons such as a...

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